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Use of short-term steroids in the prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of corticosteroids in the prophylaxis of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting or valvular heart surgery in terms of reducing its incidence and decreasing the length of hospital stay. METHODS: Th...

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Autores principales: Al-Shawabkeh, Zeyad, Al-Nawaesah, Khalid, Anzeh, Razi Abu, Al-Odwan, Hael, Al-Rawashdeh, Wasfi Azyoud Bashar, Altaani, Haetham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2016.03.005